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Thanks to the Phelps family, this small, gossipy city can perhaps lay claim to being the homophobia capital of the U.S. Since 1991, the Rev. Fred Phelps, 75, has led his family in campaigns against everyone from "sodomites" and "fag enablers" to victims of 9/11. More recently the Phelpses initiated...
Faculty members and graduate students at Yale presented Yale President Richard C. Levin with a petition and a letter, respectively, condemning him for remaining silent on the controversial remarks of Harvard’s president on women in science.
The Associated Press reported that over 100 female scientists at Yale signed a petition urging Levin to respond to Summers’ remarks in public, and use the event to spark implementation of policies to promote the status of women at Yale.
The petition will be presented to Levin on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Both existing and newly formed student groups are organizing petition drives, letter-writing campaigns, thefacebook.com groups, and at least one demonstration in anticipation of tomorrow’s faculty meeting.